Partitive: coffee, two apples

The partitive (“part, amount”) is used: after numbers (kaks õuna, kolm raamatut), for uncountable things (Ma joon kohvi, teed, piima), after palju (palju vett) and in negation (ma ei joo teed).

Each word has its own form: kohv → kohvi, leib → leiba, tee → teed, õun → õuna, raamat → raamatut. Learn it together with the word.